Kill My Sins

Plot Synopsis

Kill My Sins (掌心): A Tang Dynasty Thriller Where Revenge is the Ultimate Cure

Set in the volatileTang Dynastyunder Emperor Zhongzong’s reign,Kill My SinsfollowsYePing’an(Liu Shishi), a roguephysician with a darkpast. Once aprodigy from aprestigious medical family namedGu Qing, she mastered hypnotic arts as a child—only to have her gift weaponized by corrupt elites to traffic innocent girls. After her family is destroyed in apoliticalpurge (the infamous"Yushi Case"), Gu Qing fakes her death, reboasYePing’an, and opens a shady "clinic for troubled hearts" in the capital. Her real mission? An18-year revengeplotto buthe empire’s rotten core to the ground.

Enter the Chaos

When a high-ranking official drops dead after consulting Ye for "heartache," our antiheroine becomes theprime suspect. CueYuan Shaocheng(Dou Xiao), the ruthless Vice Minister of the Dali Temple. Boin the slums and hungry forpower, Yuan sees Ye as his ticket upthe social ladder—even if it means framing her. But Ye’s no damsel: She’s already two steps ahead, turning Yuan’s ambition against him in adeadly chess matchof blackmail, hypnotic tricks, and skeletons from the Tang Dynasty’s closet.

Why You’ll Obsess

• Liu Shishi slaysas the morally gray YePing’an: ImagineKilling Eve’s Villanelle with acupuncture needles and a vendetta.
• TwistyPolitics: ThinkGame of ThronesmeetsSherlock, but with morepoisoned tea and fewer dragons.
• Aesthetic Overload: Silk robes, candlelit conspiracies, and fight scenes choreographed like deadlypoetry.

Vibe Check

Dark, cerebral, and unapologetically brutal,Kill My Sinsasks: How far would you go to rewrite your fate? If you lovedThe Untamed’s scheming orAlchemy of Souls’ revenge arcs, this is your next obsession. Just don’t watch it before bed—those hypnosis scenes might creepinto your dreams.

Liu Shishi
Ye Ping'an

Shawn Dou
Yuan Shaocheng

Zheng Yecheng
Wu Ankang

Xuan Lu
Lu Danxin